The Wizard Of Oz
Shows · The Wizard Of Oz
The Wizard of Oz was the premiere attraction at the Majestic Theatre on the west side of Columbus Circle (demolished in 1954), and it also marked the legitimate theatre debut of two vaudeville clowns, Dave Montgomery and Fred Stone, as the Tin Woodman and the Scarecrow. In the spectacular production, which L. Frank Baum adapted from his own fairytale, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a cyclone blows Dorothy and her pet co…
- Opened
- 1903
- Performances
- 293
- Type
- Musical
- Era
- Early
Productions4 on Broadway
| 1903 | Majestic Theatre Original. January 20, 1903 · Julian Mitchell | 293 performances |
| 1904 | Majestic Theatre Return-Engagement. March 21, 1904 · Julian Mitchell | 171 performances |
| 2011 | London Palladium Original. | |
| 2023 | London Palladium Transfer. |
Every Broadway staging held in broadway-data, sourced to IBDB. West End runs are not yet held.
Recordings 5 albums held
Licensing 11 entries
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Concord Theatricals | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Samuel French | available |
| US | Concord Theatricals Samuel French | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Tams-Witmark | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Samuel French | available |
| UK | Concord Theatricals Samuel French | available |
| US | Music Theatre International The Wizard of Oz (Prince Street Players Version) matched on title alone: a lead, not a confirmed licensor Another house is also on record for this work. |
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47 passages naming The Wizard Of Oz, found by keyword across 178 books. It's where this show turns up in the literature, not curated trivia about it.
Their big number was the infectious "Button Up Your Overcoat." Good Neivs ran for 551 performances; Follow Thru for 401. The latter show had a sensational tap dancer in the cast: the young Eleanor Powell. book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p198
The Wizard of Oz. 180, 181, 254 book:at-this-theatre-100-years-of-broadway-shows-stories-and-botto-louis-viagas-rober#p377
Montgomery and Stone were riding high on the popularity of their last two musicals, The Wizard of Oz and VicTOR HERBERT’S The Red Mill. book:broadway-its-history-people-and-places-an-encyclopedia-bloom-ken-1949-2nd-ed-new#p338
consisted of David Montgomery and Fred Stone, who achieved great success in the Victor Herbert musical The Wizard of Oz. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p282
Montgomery and Stone were acrobatic talents who could sing, dance, act, and mime, gaining their fame with the historic 1903 musical version of The Wizard of Oz, Montgomery playing the Tin Man and Stone the Scarecrow. book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p283
Stothart would later achieve great fame at MGM as the incidental musical composer for The Wizard of Oz book:broadway-musicals-the-101-greatest-shows-of-all-time-bloom-ken-1949-vlastnik-fra#p284
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